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General Session with Dr. Russell Moore & Musical Guest Meredith Andrews

General Session with Dennis Rainey & Rob Mitchel

Click on the links below to read each session’s live-blogging notes:

General Session with Dennis Rainey and Rob Mitchell
General Session with Russell Moore
General Session with Elizabeth Styffe and Mariela Clark
General Session with Dr. Tony Evans

Also, check out the brief article “The Forgotten Part of James 1:27.”

The video of Greg Fields’ “Welcomed In: A Trinitarian Approach to Adoption” is now available. Greg presented this talk at the 2008 Tapestry Adoption & Foster Care Conference Tapestry. He is pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church and will be presenting a version of this talk as a breakout session at this week’s Christian Alliance for [...]

May 17-24 is National Foster Care Prayer Vigil week. FamilyLife’s Hope for Orphans, Focus on the Family, and Shaohannah’s Hope have partnered together to encourage Christians to make prayer for children in foster care a priority during the week of May 17th. The National Foster Care Prayer Vigil website is up and running. It [...]

Together for Adoption was given the privilege of live-blogging Christian Alliance for Orphans Summit V on April 30-May 1.
Visit the links below to read each session’s notes:

General Session with Dennis Rainey and Rob Mitchell
General Session with Russell Moore
General Session with Elizabeth Styffe and Mariela Clark
General Session with Dr. Tony Evans

Check out “The Forgotten Part of [...]

I spent some time this morning meditating on Ephesians 1:4b-6  and answering several questions. Below you’ll find some of my thoughts.
“In love [the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ] predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace, with [...]

James 1:26-27 reads: “If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person’s religion is worthless. Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.”  Commenting on these [...]

What would move a Christian couple to adopt when adoption means walking a path of deep suffering and profound heartbreak? Read this post by Zach Nielsen to find out.

You can register for the Conference 2009 here.

Sally Lloyd-Jones:
Mahalia Jackson (1911-1972) was orphaned in early childhood. Her family’s house was next to a church. It was there she first heard gospel music. She said: 
“When you sing gospel you have a feeling there is a cure for what’s wrong. But when you are through with the blues, you’ve got nothing to rest on.”